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Re: Hash stability

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Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> On the Python Dev mailing list, there is a discussion going on about the
> stability of the hash function for strings.
> 
> How many people rely on hash(some_string) being stable across Python
> versions? Does anyone have code that will be broken if the string hashing
> algorithm changes?

Nobody who understands the question ;)

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Hash stability Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-01-14 04:42 +0000
  Re: Hash stability Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-01-14 10:46 +0100
  Re: Hash stability Heiko Wundram <modelnine@modelnine.org> - 2012-01-14 23:45 +0100
  Re: Hash stability Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-01-15 11:36 +1100
    Re: Hash stability Bryan <bryanjugglercryptographer@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-15 04:03 -0800
      Re: Hash stability Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-01-15 23:21 +1100
  Re: Hash stability Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-01-14 21:26 -0500
    Re: Hash stability Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-01-14 23:07 -0500
  Re: Hash stability Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-01-15 11:13 +0100
  Re: Hash stability Heiko Wundram <modelnine@modelnine.org> - 2012-01-15 12:46 +0100
  Re: Hash stability Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-01-15 13:22 +0100
  Re: Hash stability Heiko Wundram <modelnine@modelnine.org> - 2012-01-15 17:07 +0100
  Re: Hash stability Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-01-16 03:13 +1100
  Re: Hash stability Heiko Wundram <modelnine@modelnine.org> - 2012-01-15 17:51 +0100
  Re: Hash stability Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-01-15 18:20 +0100
  Re: Hash stability Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-01-16 09:18 +0100
  Re: Hash stability Christian Heimes <lists@cheimes.de> - 2012-01-16 09:44 +0100
  Re: Hash stability Heiko Wundram <modelnine@modelnine.org> - 2012-01-16 10:15 +0100

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